Tamil Nadu looking at offshore wind farms


Posted on 4th Feb 2015 03:41 pm by mohit kumar

Chennai, Feb 4 (IANS) The finalisation of government policy on setting up offshore wind farms will be a welcome feature as Tamil Nadu is looking to generate 200 MW of electricity from offshore wind farm projects, said a top official of the Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA) here Wednesday.

Speaking at a renewable energy seminar held here Sudeep Jain, chairman and managing director, TEDA, said: "Several clearances have to be obtained from the central agencies to set up an offshore wind power project."

Jain said it will be good if the government finalises its policy on wind farms as Tamil Nadu is aiming to set up around 200 MW offshore wind power projects as per its Vision 2023 document.

Industry officials told IANS that the erstwhile United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government had finalised the draft policy. The new BJP government is now studying the draft.

The two-day Renewable Energy to Tamil Nadu (RE2TN) seminar has been organised by German company iPlon.

Jain also said the state government is focusing on roof top solar systems and has installed such systems on 122,433 houses.

He said the government is in favour of distributed solar roof top systems as that would almost cut out any transmission and distribution losses.

On the utilisation of land in wind farms for setting up solar power projects S. Gomathinayagam, executive director, National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE), said a pilot project is being attempted by the institute at its wind farm in Tamil Nadu.

"The technical challenges are to be studied first. The power generation cannot exceed the infrastructure capacity set up for evacuating power from the wind farm," he told IANS.

Earlier inaugurating the seminar Achim Fabig, consul general of Germany, said his country is the sixth largest investor in India.

He said there are around 1,500 German companies in India.

Fabig added that Germany can share with India its expertise in the field of renewable energy.

0 Like 0 Dislike
Previous news Next news
Other news

Jasprit Bumrah: Bumrah-Shreyas Iyer can come to the team even before the Asia Cup, and will return to the field next month!

India has to participate in the ODI World Cup in its hosting in October-November this year. Team

Coronavirus India: Across the country, the number of infected crosses 21,000, killing 681 people

new Delhi,. Coronavirus India The number of deaths due to corona virus is increasing continuously

Bullet Train Update: The speed of the bullet train will be equal to the take-off speed of the airplane, know when the first trial will be held

The dream of the bullet train is taking shape in the country. A bullet train project is in progre

PM Modi: PM Modi's vigorous campaign with 183 rallies-road shows and 80 interviews, now he has reached Kanyakumari to meditate

After the campaign for the general election ended, PM Modi reached Kanyakumari to meditate. In Ka

Israel: 'Because she was Jewish', Netanyahu angry at the silence of international organizations regarding atrocities on women

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has strongly criticized international organizations, wo

Terrorists were planning a major Diwali bombing, but then postponed the plan; shocking revelations in the Delhi blasts.

New revelations are continuously emerging regarding the car bombing in front of the Red Fort (Del

Launching of Realme X7 5G and X7 Pro 5G in India on February 4, will compete with Redmi Note 9T

The craze of 5G technology in India is growing very fast. All telecom companies are now working f

Bharat Jodo Yatra: By stopping the Bharat Jodo Yatra, the ambulance was given way, and Rahul was praised on social media

Friday is the 10th day of the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Madhya Pradesh. Rahul Gandhi's yatra reached A

Mahakumbh 2025: Lauren Powell suddenly returned from Mahakumbh, and had to stay for 10 days; took this initiation from the guru while leaving

Lauren Powell, wife of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, has suddenly returned from Maha Kumbh. She ha

PBKSs Captain 2022: Mayank Agarwal became the captain of Punjab Kings, the franchise was retained for 12 crores

IPL team Punjab Kings has appointed Mayank Agarwal as its new captain. Punjab team will play in I

Sign up to write
Sign up now if you have flare of writing..
Login   |   Register
Follow Us
Indyaspeak @ Facebook Indyaspeak @ Twitter Indyaspeak @ Pinterest RSS



Play Free Quiz and Win Cash